Question

Describe Jerome's imagined illnesses.

Answer 1

Jerome was quite neurotic about his health. He had a persistent feeling that he was suffering from many diseases. First of all he concluded he was suffering from a liver disorder. One day Jerome went to the British Museum to read up the treatment for a slight hay fever. But as he began reading the book on symptoms, he felt he had all the symptoms of all the diseases he read about. He was convinced he was suffering from, typhoid fever, ague, cholera, housemaids knee, gout, zymosis, and scarlet fever. Thus panicked, he went to his medical man.